Convertible furniture.



' W. H. GURTICE.

CONVERTIBLE FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14, 1913.

I 1,077,189. Patented 00b. 28, 1913.

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W. H. GURTIOE.

CONVERTIBLE FURNITURE. APPLICATION FILED 1111111. 14', 1913.

Patented 00112811913.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPN c c.

WILLIAM HICKS CUBTICE, OF .LGUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

GONVERTIBLIE FURNITURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 14, 19.1.3.

PatentedOot. 28, 1913.

Serial N9- I 5 13:29-

To all whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, VILLIAM HICKS 9pmrrcn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefierson and State of Kentucky, have invented new-and useful Improvements in Convertible Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has reference to convertible furniture, and it proposes,

which may be utilized either as a chair or as a table, and which may be readily converted from either of such forms to the other.

More particularly, the invention comprehends certain hereinafter-specified improvements in the devices employed for connecting the movable part to the stationary part or body, these devices serving to guide the first-mentioned part during its movements and to support the same when occupying one of its two positions.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, whereof:

Figure l is a perspective view of the improved article of furniture used as a chair; Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2 2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view, showing the article of furniture converted into a table; and Fig. 4 is a fragmental vertical sectional view, showing the movable part during its travel from one position to the other.

As shown in said drawing, the article of furniture consists of two main parts, one of which, generally designated by the reference numeral 5, is stationary and constitutes the body, while the other part 6 is movable and serves either as the chair back or the table top, according as it occupies one or the other of its two positions. The part 5 is in the main, of conventional construction and embodies the front and rear legs 7 and 8, the arms 9, and the seat 10, the part last mentioned having a sliding drawer 11 of suitable type connected with it.

The movable part 6, which may be given any desired shape, is flat, as shown, and is provided upon its front face with a pair of spaced, parallel cleats 12 that are so arranged as to rest directly upon the arms 9, when the article of furniture is to be used as a table, and that abut against the rear ends of the aforesaid arms when the article is converted into a chair. In the latter use,

the part 6 occupies a substantially vertical position, and the rear end of the seat- 10 fits between the lower ends of the aforesaid clea:ts,, whereby the said part braced against .sidewise movement. The space between the cleats may be utilized to receive a cushion 1.3, and thegseat 1.0 may likewise be upholstered, as indicated by the numeral la, the cushion 1 being remova y secure 1 to part 6 by means of perforated straps 15, briefly, an improved article of furniture 1 or other suitable devices which are engaged with headed pins 16 driven into said part. The part 6, which thus constitutes both the chair back and the tab-1e top, is positively connected with the stationary part or body 5 by pairs of main and auxiliary links 17 and 18. The main links 17 are curved, as shown, and are pivoted at one end in the rear ends of a pair of longitudinal slots 19 formed in the arms 9, and at the other end in a pair of slots 20 formed in the cleats 12, suitable cross-pins 21 and 22 being passed through said slots for the attachment of the links thereto. The auxiliary links 18 are pivoted at their opposite ends to cr0sspins 23 and 24 which are arranged, respectively, in slots 25 and 26 formed in the rear legs 8 and the lower or rear portions of said cleats. During the movement of part 6 from vertical to horizontal position, the main links 17 swing into and through the arm slots 19, while the auxiliary links 18 are swung from a position in the lower end of the leg slots 25 to one in the upper end thereof, as will be understood, the reverse taking place when said part is moved into vertical position, and at the completion of the former movement the cleat slots 20 lie directly over and in line with the front ends, of said arm slots. The links 18, owing to the formation of the slots 25 in the rear portions of the legs, are con cealed in both positions of the movable part 6, these slots being continued upwardly through the rear ends of the arms, as indicated by the numeral 27 The operation in converting the article from a chair to a table, and vice versa, is believed to be apparent, and, hence, to require no separate explanation.

Having described my invention, I claim A convertible article of furniture comprising fiXed and movable parts, the former of which embodies a seat, front and rear pairs of legs connected thereto, and arms connected to the upper ends of said legs, said arms being formed, each, with front and rear slots the latter of which open through the rear ends of the arms, and the rear pair of legs being formed with vertical slots which register at their upper ends with the rear slots in said arms; a pair of spaced, parallel cleats secured to the under face of the movable part, and formed, each, with front and rear slots, said cleats being adapt-ed to rest directly upon said arms when said movable part is in one position and to abut againstthe rear ends of said arms when said movable part is in its other position; a pair of main links pivoted at one end in the front slots in said cleats, and at the other end in the front slots in said arms; and a pair of auxiliary links pivoted at one end in the rear slots in said cleats and at the other end in the slots in said legs, sald main links be 111g arranged to lie in said front arm slots,

and said auxiliary links to lie in said leg 20 WILLIAM HICKS CURTIOE.

lVitnesses D. A. SAol-rs, Jr., B. H. SACHS.

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Washington, D. C. 

